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The join or die cartoon was first published
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-story-behind-the-join-or-die-snake-cartoon The join or die cartoon was a cartoon published by Benjamin Franklin that helped inspire people to go against the french. "The emblematic image gained considerable attention as the Albany Congress approached. The Congress met in June and July, where Franklin proposed an early version of a unified colonial government." Without the publishing of his cartoon, his way of government could've never been created. -
The bloody massacre
https://www.masshist.org/database/2?ft=Boston%20Massacre&from=/features/massacre/visual&noalt=1&pid=34 The Boston Massacre was when a mob of angry men taunted a group of British soldiers and the soldiers then shot at them killing 5 men. "The Boston Massacre quickly became a rallying point for anti-British sentiment in the province, and the real indignation of the people was further inflamed by colonial propaganda" It was a stepping stone for war and aided in turned Americans more against british -
The Boston tea party
https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-boston-tea-party The Boston tea party occurred when a group of American colonists dressed as Native Americans and threw 342 chests of tea into the harbor in retaliation of the British taxes. This became a symbol of independence and protest for the American colonists, and out the Americans and British more and more against each other. -
Common Sense by Thomas Paine was published
https://www.ushistory.org/paine/commonsense/sense1.htm common sense was a book that went against the British government and monarchy, its wording allowed almost anyone to be able to read it. This book helped spread new ideas across many different types of people that would've never learned if not for that book. It also made people want to question the British and want independence for America -
The declaration independence was made
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript The declaration independence a written document made by the founding fathers that declared freedom of the American colonies from the British. It pushed the ideas all people have inalienable rights, all men are equal, and everyone must defend their rights. It helped separate America from the British and fully show American beliefs and ideas.
